پزشک

See also: ترسگ

Persian

Alternative forms

  • بزشک (bezešk), بجشک (beješk) (archaic)

Etymology

Dari Persian پزشک
Iranian Persian پزشک
Tajiki Persian пизишк (pizišk)

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bcšk'), 𐫁𐫉𐫏𐫢𐫐 (bzyšk /bizešk/, doctor, physician). Compare Iranian borrowing Old Armenian բժիշկ (bžišk). Further related to Sanskrit भिषज्यति (bhiṣajyati, to heal), भिषज् (bhiṣaj, curing; medicine; doctor).

Noun

پزشک (pezešk) (plural پزشکان (pezeškân))

  1. doctor
  2. physician

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References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bizešk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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